Video Info Viewer vs EXIF Inspector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Info Viewer
Inspect detailed metadata of videos on your iOS device, including resolution and frame rate. Analyze the internal structure of MPEG-4 files to identify potential issues and learn about video file composition.
- View video metadata
- Inspect resolution and frame rate
- Analyze MPEG-4 atom structure
- Identify file irregularities
- Learn video file composition
- Open source
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Video Info Viewer is an open source app that allows you to view metadata about videos on your iOS device. Inspect resolution, frame rate, and more. You can also view the specific data structure of the individual atoms of the MPEG-4 format to find file irregularities, missing tracks, and other issues. It's great for those working with MOV & MP4 files on a daily basis, and for those who just want to learn more about how video files are structured and what data they contain. Video Info Viewer is open source and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. The source code is available on GitHub at /hoolrory/VideoInfoViewer-iOS
EXIF Inspector
This tool allows photographers to quickly access and view detailed metadata embedded within their image files. It offers an elegant interface for seeing all prominent information at a glance, supporting various image formats and desktop-class features on Apple devices.
- Quick view of prominent EXIF info
- Information-dense interface
- Desktop-class features on iPad/Mac
- Share Extension for Photos App
- Privacy-focused, no tracking
- Supports JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF, RAW
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A no-nonsense EXIF viewing tool for photographers in the field. - A handy quick view that shows you all the most prominent info at a glance; no scrolling through inscrutable tags to find the info you need - Elegant and Information dense interface that lets you see every detail in you photo's metadata - Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, open through drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, etc. - Features a Share Extension to quickly view full EXIF from the Photos App - Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you don't have to give access to your whole photo library. - Extremely small app size: while many EXIF viewers on the App Store are in the tens of megabytes or more, this one is only a few hundred kilobytes. - Support for JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF, and many RAW formats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EXIF Inspector at 5.0 against Video Info Viewer's 4.4. Video Info Viewer's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 60%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EXIF Inspector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Video Info Viewer's written reviews are positive against 60% of EXIF Inspector's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Info Viewer | EXIF Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rory Hool | Héliographe, Inc |
Customer experience
Video Info Viewer
EXIF Inspector
In-app purchases
Video Info Viewer
No in-app purchases
EXIF Inspector
No in-app purchases
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